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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Voyagers
Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke on the Aries lunar ferry. From a new collection of photographs on the making of “2001: A Space Odyssey”.
Posted in Film, Photography, Technology
Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Kubrick
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Notebook
With so little basis for agreement, the relationship between Kubrick and Spielberg, which began in cordiality and mutual respect, would collapse during post-production of “The Shining”, when Spielberg moved into the studio in the wake of Kubrick’s film to start … Continue reading
Lyrical
As well as being hosts, Brazil must be favourites to win the national anthem World Cup. Yet again.
Notebook
Slowly, mixed-raced players started to filter through to the big clubs. They were made to feel ashamed of their colour. Artur Friedenreich, the son of a German immigrant and a black Brazilian, looked white apart from his frizzy hair. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Brazil, History, Race, Sport, Uncategorized
Tagged Alex Bellos, Fluminense, football, mulatto
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On the water
The Thames near Cookham this afternoon
Uniformity
You expect the conservative media to be bad at racial diversity. But the organs of the Left too? Gabriel Arana’s essay is written from a US point of view – he’s the only member of an ethnic minority on the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Media, Race, US politics
Tagged diversity, The American Prospect
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The making of Mick Jagger
In wax, that is. From a Reuters Photography Blog dispatch about the artisans of the Musée Grévin in Paris.
On walking out
Tim Parks has a bad night at the theatre: The play was advertised as Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author. A friend had encouraged me to go and it was years since I had seen the piece. Only … Continue reading
Connoisseur
“Best part of the Louvre was the statue of an ancient smartphone user taking a selfie.” Federico Viticci fails the audition to find a presenter of the 21st century version of Civilisation. Good caption though.
What makes great art great?
Maybe it’s more than just a question of aesthetics. Ian Leslie ponders the case of the Mona Lisa. After reading his essay, I felt a little less guilty about not having felt a rush of excitement when I finally got … Continue reading